ADOPTION OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION BY THE TRAINED FARMERS OF FARIDPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

[lie main focus of (lie present study was to determine the extent of adoption at tflushrOOni cultivation by the trained thrmers and to explore the relationships between the adoption of mushroom cultivation of the trained lanners and their selected characteristics. The stitdv was conducted at live villages of Sadar Upazila under Faridpur district which were adjacent to 13hajandanga Horticulture Centre. Faridpur. Data were collected from proportionately randomly selected 97 trained farmers from an update list ol' 972 farmers of the study area. The researcher himself collected data through personal contact with a well structured pretested interview , schedule during the period from 01 to 31 August, 2012. The study revealed that the highest proportion (60.87 percent) of the respondents had low adoption of mushroom cultivation. while 27.84 percent had medium adoption and the rest 11.34 percent had high adoption of mushroom cultivation. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation co-cflieient (i) was computed to explore the relationships between adoption at mushroom cultivation of the trained farmers and their selected characteristics. The correlation analysis indicated that education, mushroom cultivation knowledge. belief about mushroom, neighborhood influence. length of training and extension contact of the truined farmers had significant positive relationships with their adoption of mushroom cultivation. Age. fhtiiilv size. cosmopoliteness and organizational participation had no significant relationships with their adoption of mushroom cultivation